Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins
Date: 1996-09-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fishery product, health control, mollusc, research body, toxic substance

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  25.09.1996 
COM(96) 464  final 

96/0234  (CNS) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL PEÇISIQN 

amending Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference  laboratories for the 

monitoring of marine biotoxins 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

In order to ensure the application of the provisions of Council Directive 91/492/EEC of 15 July 
1991 laying down the health conditions for the production  and placing  on the  market  of live 
bivalve molluscs(1)  and Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health 
conditions for the production and placing on the market of fishery products(2),  in particular as 
regards  the  monitoring  of  marine  biotoxins,  each  Member  State  must  designate  a  national 
reference  laboratory  responsible for coordinating the necessary analyses. In 1993 the United 
Kingdom  designated  the  laboratory  of  the  Torry  Research  Station  as  national  reference 
laboratory  for  marine  biotoxins.  The  Annex  to  Council  Decision  93/383/EEC  on  reference 
laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins(3) establishes the list of national reference 
laboratories  designated by each Member  State. Since the United Kingdom has informed the 
Commission that the laboratory  at the Torry  Research Station is suspending its activities and 
that the  Marine  Laboratory  will become  national reference  laboratory  in its place, the Annex 
to Council  Decision  93/383/EEC  must  be amended  accordingly. 
Decision 93/383/EEC does not include a procedure  for the speedy  amendment  of its Annex 
where this is needed. In the event of Member  States presenting further  amendments  to the 
list of national reference  laboratories,  it is proposed that a clause should be inserted for the 
revision of the Annex  by the  Commission  on a request from  a Member  State. 

(1)  OJ No L 268, 24.9.1991,  p. 1. 
(2)  OJ No L 268, 24.9.1991,  p.  15. 
(3)  OJNoL166,  8.7.1993,  p. 31. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

of 

amending  Council Decision 93/383/EEC of  14 June  1993 on reference  laboratories  for the 

monitoring  of marine  biotoxins 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article  43 

thereof, 

Having  regard to the  proposal from the  Commission(1), 

Having  regard to the opinion of the  European  Parliament^), 

Having regard to the opinion  of the  Economic  and Social Committee(3), 

Whereas  the  Annex  to  Council  Decision  93/383/EEC  of  14  June  1993  on  reference 
laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins(4) establishes the list of national reference 

laboratories  designated  by each Member  State for the  monitoring  of marine  biotoxins; 

Whereas Decision 93/383/EEC does not include a procedure for speedy revision of its Annex; 

Whereas the laboratory  of the Torry  Research Station, Aberdeen, designated in 1993 by the 

United  Kingdom  as its  national  reference  reference  laboratory  for the  monitoring  of  marine 

biotoxins, is suspending  its activities; 

Whereas the United Kingdom has designated the Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, as its national 

reference  laboratory  for the  monitoring  of marine  biotoxins; 

(1)  OJ No C 
(2)  OJ No C 
(3)  OJ No C 
(4)  O J N oL  166,8.7.1993,  p. 31 

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Whereas  the  Annex  to  Decision  93/383/EEC  should  be  amended  accordingly;  whereas 

provision should be made for a procedure for the revision of this Annex by the Commission 

on a request from a Member  State, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

Council Decision 93/383/EEC  of 14 June  1993 on reference  laboratories for the monitoring 

of marine  biotoxins is hereby amended as follows: 

- The following Article 6 is inserted after Article 5: 

Article 6 

The  Commission  shall  amend  the  Annex  to  this  Decision  where  necessary  following 

notification  by  a  Member  State  of  a  change  of  national  reference  laboratory  for  the 

monitoring  of marine biotoxins." 

- Article 6 becomes Article 7. 

Article 2 

The Annex to Council Decision 93/383/EEC  is hereby amended as follows: 

"United Kingdom: 

-  Marine  Laboratory 

PO Box  101, Victoria Road 

Aberdeen AB11 9DB - UNITED KINGDOM" 

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Article 3 

This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

The  President 

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